MR, WRIGHT.

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MR, WRIGHT.

Mr. Wright addressed a crowded audience at the Victoria Hall last night. Mr. W. A. Thomson occupied the chair. The candidate thanked the electors of Wellington South for the large vote he had received. Many people apparently were under the impression that he would scaivcely_ save his deposit. (A voice : "They "made a mistake !" Laughter.) He, however, was alLalong satisfiedrthat he had a fighting chance, and all the electors who had promised him a vote had acted up to their, promises. In addition scores of electors whom he did not know had worked for him like Trojans. Nearly all the unsuccessful candidates in Wellington South were virtually on the same platform as he was. The vote-splitting had been detrimental to him rather than to Mr. Barber ; therefore he claimed that the votes recorded for most of the other candidates were largely votes that could be recorded for, him. Referring to the results of the elections, he said that even if the Opposition members were all returned who were in the second ballot the Government were still in a majority, but the voice of the country was in the direction of administrative reform. Mr. Wright denied that he could be called a Conservative, and stated that he would be no party to the repeal of measures which time had proved to be beneficial. There were, however, some measures that needed amendment, such, for example, as the Public Revenues Act, which clipped the wings of the AuditorGeneral, the custodian of the publicpurse. A vote of thanks and confidence was carried with applause.